| About the Research Center |
Why did we create it? The City of Tumwater’s Henderson House Museum regularly gets requests for information about Tumwater’s history. Many of these requests come from young people studying Washington State history in school. We thought it would be very convenient for people of all ages to have a place they could visit any time of day, seven days a week, to get started on their research into Tumwater’s history.
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How did it get created? The City of Tumwater’s Henderson House Museum requested and received a full time volunteer from Washington Service Corps’ Americorps Program to create the Tumwater History Research Center (THRC.) We hired Sophie Starmack as our Education Coordinator to research, write, and design Phase I of the THRC for the internet.
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Who helped us? Many other people helped us. Chauney Peck is an illustrator, artist, and senior at the Evergreen State College in Olympia. Chauney created many of the original drawings on our website. We also asked knowledgeable people in our community to help us review what Sophie Starmack had written. |
We thank our Review Committee: |
Jim Brown, Tumwater Historian, Tumwater Historic Preservation Commission member |
Brian Buntain, 8th Grade Teacher, Homesteader Program, Tumwater Middle School |
Cecelia Carpenter, Historian, Specialist in Nisqually Indian history and culture |
Robert Cooksey, 8th Grade Teacher, Homesteader Program, Tumwater Middle School |
Drew Crooks, Historian at the Lacey Museum |
Theresa Davenport, 4th Grade Teacher, Black Lake Elementary School, Olympia |
Ray Egan, History Alive, Ezra Meeker Historical Association member |
Jim French, Tumwater Historic Preservation Commission |
Rachael Glass, 8th Grade Graduate, Tumwater Middle School Homesteader Program |
Sandi Gray, Tumwater Historical Association |
Chuck Hornbuckle, Expert on the Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trails Association |
Cynthia Iyall, Relative of Chief Leschi and Nisqually Tribal Member |
Ruth Kirk, Writer, Specialist in Pacific Northwest History & Natural History |
Charlene Krise, Director Squaxin Museum Library Research Center |
Michael McGuire, Education Director, Fort Nisqually Historic Site |
Sally Nash, Community Librarian, Tumwater Timberland Regional Library |
Weldon Rau, Oregon Trail Historian and Writer |
Lucas Sharma, 8th Grade Graduate, Tumwater Middle School Homesteader Program |
Shanna Stevenson, Historian and Writer, South Puget Sound & Thurston County History |
Don Trosper, Tumwater Historian and Writer |
We also thank the following people and institutions for their help in providing us with information, illustrations, and photographic images for the website: |
Fort Vancouver National Park, Washington |
Hudson’s Bay Company, Toronto, Ontario |
| Anne Kelleher |
| Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Washington, Seattle |
Riley McLaughlin, JRA Interactive |
Oregon Historical Society |
Oregon State Archives |
Weldon Rau |
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska |
| Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma |
John Wilkin, Fort Nisqually |
The Henderson House Museum is part of the Planning and Facilities Department at the City of Tumwater:
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Mike Matlock, Director, Planning and Facilities Department |
Kathy Jolliffe, Department Secretary |
Carla Wulfsberg, Museum Coordinator |
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The Henderson House Museum, a 1905 historic home, is located at 602 Deschutes Way in Tumwater:
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| The Museum is open Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays 1- 4 p.m. |
| Mailing address: |
Henderson House Museum
City of Tumwater
555 Israel Road SW
Tumwater, WA 98501 |
Information about the museum:
360 754-4217
tumwatermuseums@olywa.net |
